UK BAP priority fungi species

A list of UK BAP priority species was created between 1995
and 1999, and subsequently updated in response to the Species and Habitats
Review Report (PDF, 1.3Mb), published in 2007. UK
BAP priority species were those that were identified as being the
most threatened and requiring conservation action under the UK
Biodiversity Action Plan (UK BAP). As a result of
devolution, and new country-level and international drivers and
requirements, much of the work previously carried out by the UK BAP
is now focussed at a country-level rather than a UK-level, and a
new 'UK Post-2010 Biodiversity Framework' has
recently (July 2012) been published. The UK BAP list of
priority species, however, remains an important reference source
and has been used to help draw up statutory lists of priorities in
England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

The British Lichen Society BAP
Technical Committee, chaired by JNCC, was responsible for
input of lichenological advice to the Priority Species and Habitats
Review, which was completed in 2007. It is supported by the
British Lichen Society Conservation
Committee.

The BAP Technical Committee produces
species updates on implementation.